Numbers 26:13:1Num.26.13.W1TAB

לְזֶ֥רַח

lezerakh

of Zerah

Transliteration
le-ZE-rakh
Extended
leh-ZE-rahkh
IPA
/ləˈzɛraħ/

Meaning by language

English
of Zerah

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Result
לְ + זֶ֥ + רַח
le + ze + rakh
lezerakh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ZE-rakh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-ZE-rakh mish-pa-KHAT

  3. sentence

    le-ZE-rakh mish-pa-KHAT ha-zar-KHI le-sha-UL mish-pa-KHAT ha-sha-u-LI

Exegesis

The verse consists of two parallel prepositional phrases without an explicit conjunction, each introduced by lezerakh {לְזֶ֕רַח | lə-zé-rāḥ} ‘to Zerah’ and lə-šāʾûl {לְשָׁא֕וּל | lə-šāʾûl} ‘to Shaul’.

Root and etymology

RootZayin-Resh-Chet

to rise, shine, spring forth

In contextNumbers 26:13

The Zerahite clan from Zerah; the Shaulite clan from Shaul.

About this coordinate

Numbers 26:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 26:13, so the Hebrew word לְזֶ֥רַח (lezerakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.26.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.13.W1.S1) and character.